Euro 2016: Football fans support an injured Cristiano Ronaldo - but Ronaldo's moth is stealing the show

Tonight's Euro 2016 final between Portugal and France got off to a painful start for Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo as a nasty clash with Dimitri Payet led to his leaving the match with an injury after just 26 minutes, despite valiantly trying to play on.

It was a heartbreaking moment for the Portugal team and thousands of football fans as Ronaldo handed over his captain's armband to teammate Nani before being stretchered off and substituted.

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However, with the internet being what it is, viewers were quick to spot that as Ronaldo was sat on the pitch with his injury, a friendly moth quickly raced to the scene and happened to be caught on camera.

The insect quickly brought some humour to the situation and became the unexpected highlight of the game's first half, with a number of GIFs, Twitter profiles and social media updates quickly elevating the moth into the Anfield Cat levels of football stardom:

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